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...September 1991 Padre hitting coach Merv Rettenmund said of young Astro shortstop Andujar Cedeno, "I hate him, but I'd love to have him." Rettenmund meant that Cedeno was raw and erratic but had remarkable tools: a live bat, a great arm, terrific range. Cedeno, now 24, has matured, and it shows. Through Sunday he was hitting .329 with five homers. . . . One of the best free-agent signings of the off-season was White Sox DH Julio Franco, who has been hitting cleanup. He had 24 RBIs through Sunday and had made it tough for pitchers to work around...
Rogelio Moret came in for Jim Willoughby and intentionally walked Pete Rose, the first batter he faced. Mery Rettenmund pinch hit for Ken Griffey and Moret struck him out. Joe Morgan followed Rettenmund and hit the one and two pitch over centerfielder Fred Lynn's head to produce the winning...
Baltimore will play a right-handed team, with Earl Williams replacing Boog Powell at first and with Don Baylor, Paul Blair and Merv Rettenmund in the outfield...
...rest of the team is also absurdly deep and talented. Mery Rettenmund, Brooks Robinson, Boog Powell (who should rebound after a sub-par season), and a host of young talent form the minors should be enough to tie down Baltimore's fourth consecutive flag...
...runless skein to 22 innings. Then Baltimore Leftfielder Don Buford drilled a home run in the sixth. The Orioles tied the game on two singles in the seventh, and it stayed tied until the tenth. With one out, Frank Robinson walked, raced from first to third on Merv Rettenmund's single to center, and scored the winning run with a brilliant slide on a shallow fly ball hit to centerfield...